Control method and information processing apparatus for activating an application based on a reqsuest issued by a printer driver
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Shiohara
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Abstract
A control method causes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application to perform activating in response to a first print request from a drawing application, acquiring intermediate data based on drawing data generated by the drawing application, and outputting intermediate data. In a case where a second print request is issued by a printer driver that has acquired intermediate data output from a GUI application, the GUI application is re-activated in response to the second print request, and a predetermined screen is provided by the GUI application that has been activated in response to the second print request issued by the printer driver.
Claims15
A control method for an information processing apparatus on which a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI operates, the control method causes the GUI application to perform:
- being activated in response to a first print request from a drawing application;
- acquiring intermediate data based on drawing data generated by the drawing application;
- and
- outputting the intermediate data,
- wherein, in a case where a second print request is issued by a printer driver that has acquired the intermediate data output from the GUI application, the GUI application is re-activated in response to the second print request, and
- wherein, in a case where the GUI application is activated at least twice in response to the first print request and the second print request that are based on the drawing data that is identical drawing data, the GUI application does not provide a predetermined screen when activated based on the first print request and provides the predetermined screen when activated in response to the second print request issued by the printer driver.
An information processing apparatus on which a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI operates, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an activation unit configured to activate the GUI application in response to a first print request from a drawing application;
- an acquisition unit configured to cause the GUI application to acquire intermediate data based on drawing data that is generated by the drawing application;
- and
- an output unit configured to output the intermediate data from the GUI application,
- wherein, in a case where a second print request is issued by a printer driver that has acquired the intermediate data output from the GUI application, the GUI application is re-activated in response to the second print request, and
- wherein, in a case where the GUI application is activated at least twice in response to the first print request and the second print request that are based on the drawing data that is identical drawing data, the GUI application does not provide a predetermined screen when activated based on the first print request and provides the predetermined screen when activated in response to the second print request issued by the printer driver.
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